Fish on Fridays: A Memoir of Bad Breaks, Hard Lessons and Unexpected Strength None of us gets through life alone. Fish on Fridays is filled with the people who influenced my journey—family, friends, military colleagues, mentors, leaders, and the people who showed up when life became difficult. Some stories will make you laugh. Some will […]
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Five Ways Leaders Turns Doubters into Doers
This past February Yahoo!’s fledgling CEO Marissa Mayer made her first misstep. In a company-wide email, she announced Yahoo! was changing its telecommute policy. Effective June 2013, all employees were required to work in the office. The email shortly went viral as the modern workforce gasped at her audacity. A former Google executive- wasn’t Mayer […]
Six Resolutions for a Winning Corporate Culture
The start of a new year is a great time for companies to assess their corporate environment. Consider it your corporate culture resolutions list. Here are six steps to get you started in the right direction. Be the leader. A winning corporate culture starts at the top. Sincere leaders who are transparent about their decisions, […]
Bad Bosses Force Good People to Quit
Scott Adams has never been a fan of management. Adam’s cynical view of work life is illustrated in his Dilbert cartoons. In the November 6-7 edition of the Wall Street Journal, he said, “The primary purpose of management is to kill any hope that staying with your current job will work out for you.” Basically, […]
How to Motivate Workers: Rock The Office With Fun And Watch The Profits Roll In
“Work is either fun or drudgery. It depends on your attitude. I like fun.” —Colleen C. Barrett President Emerita of Southwest Airlines. Can you put in eight to 10 hours at work every day and still have fun? Many experts say, yes. In fact, more and more agree that a workplace filled with laughter increases […]
Leadership Mentoring Programs at Work
How do you retain and prepare your best talent to lead? Mentoring programs are one of the most effective tools in achieving business results. The authors of the book, War on Talent reported, “Of those who have had a highly helpful mentoring experience, 95 percent indicated it motivated them to do their very best, 88 percent said it made them less likely to leave their company, and 97 percent said it contributed to their success at the company.”
